Research

Laursen, B., Vienni-Baptista, B., Bammer, G., Di Giulio, A., Paulsen, T., Robson-Williams, M., & Studer, S. (2024). Toolkitting: an unrecognized form of expertise for overcoming fragmentation in inter- and transdisciplinarity. Humanities and Social Sciences Communications, 11(1), 1–10. https://doi.org/10.1057/s41599-024-03279-9

ITD Alliance Working Group on Toolkits and Methods. (2024). Toolkits. In F. Darbellay (Ed.), Elgar Encyclopedia of Interdisciplinarity and Transdisciplinarity (pp. 533–537). Edward Elgar Publishing. https://doi.org/10.4337/9781035317967.ch117

ITD Alliance Working Group on Toolkits & Methods. (2023). A landscape of toolkits for Inter- and Transdisciplinary Research. Global Alliance for Inter- and Transdisciplinarity. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.10020000

Laursen, B. K., Gonnerman, C., & Crowley, S. J. (2021). Improving philosophical dialogue interventions to better resolve problematic value pluralism in collaborative environmental science. Studies in History and Philosophy of Science, 87, 54–71. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.shpsa.2021.02.004

Laursen, B. K., & O’Rourke, M. (2019). Thinking with Klein about Integration. Issues in Interdisciplinary Studies, 37(2), 33–61

Laursen, B. K. (2018). What is collaborative, interdisciplinary reasoning? The heart of interdisciplinary team science. Informing Science, 21, 75–106. http://doi.org/10.28945/4010

(reprinted in Gaetano R Lotrecchiano & Shalini Misra (Editors). 2020. Transdisciplinary Teams and Communication. Santa Rosa, CA: Informing Science Press)

Laursen, B. K. (2018). On the intersection of interdisciplinary studies and argumentation studies: The case of inference to the best explanation. Issues in Interdisciplinary Studies, 36(1), 93–125.

• Laursen, B. K., & O'Rourke, M. (2019). Detecting Integrative Discourse in Team Meetings. Presented at the International Transdisciplinarity Conference, Gothenburg, Sweden.
• Laursen, B. K., & O'Rourke, M. (2018). Evidence for integrative reasoning in interdisciplinary team science. Galveston, TX.
• Laursen, B. K., & O'Rourke, M. (2018). Humanities-based methods for the cognitive science of communication: Examples from the toolbox Dialogue project. Presented at the Cognitive Science of Communication Studies Symposium, East Lansing, MI.

O'Rourke, M., Crowley, S., Laursen, B. K., Robinson, B., & Vasko, S. E. (2019). Disciplinary Diversity in Teams: Integrative Approaches from Unidisciplinarity to Transdisciplinarity. In K. L. Hall, A. L. Vogel, & R. T. Croyle (Eds.), Strategies for Team Science Success (pp. 21–46). Cham: Springer International Publishing. http://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-20992-6_2

Laursen, B. K. (2016, May). Explicating and negotiating bias in interdisciplinary inquiry using abductive tools. Argumentation, Objectivity, and Bias: the 11th Conference of the Ontario Society for the Study of Argumentation, Windsor, Ontario, Canada.  https://scholar.uwindsor.ca/ossaarchive/OSSA11/papersandcommentaries/138/

Laursen, B. K. (2015, December). ‘Feeling into’ accurate, credible, and just explanations: Empathy as the means to know how and why. Department of Philosophy Seventh Annual Public Proseminar Workshop, East Lansing, MI. December 5.

Members of the SESYNC theme “Building Resources for Complex, Action-Oriented Team Science.” (2020, March 24). Effectively including online participants in onsite meetings. I2insights.org. https://i2insights.org/2020/03/24/effective-online-plus-onsite-meetings/

Voinov, A. A., Jenni, K., Gray, S., Kolagani, N., Glynn, P. D., Bommel, P., et al. (2018). Tools and methods in participatory modeling: Selecting the right tool for the job. Environmental Modelling & Software, 109, 232–255. http://doi.org/10.1016/j.envsoft.2018.08.028

Jordan, R., Gray, S., Zellner, M., Glynn, P. D., Voinov, A. A., Hedelin, B., et al. (2018). Twelve Questions for the Participatory Modeling Community. Earth's Future, 18(2), 21. http://doi.org/10.1029/2018EF000841

Gray, S., Voinov, A. A., Paolisso, M., Jordan, R., BenDor, T., Bommel, P., et al. (2017). Purpose, Processes, Partnerships, and Products: 4Ps to advance Participatory Socio-Environmental Modeling. Ecological Applications, 28(1), 46–61. http://doi.org/10.1002/eap.1627

AEA365 blog post compiling 5 open access products

• Laursen, B. K., Motzer, N., & Anderson, K. J. (2023). Pathway profiles: Learning from five main approaches to assessing interdisciplinarity. Research Evaluation, 32(2), 213–227. https://doi.org/10.1093/reseval/rvac036
• Laursen, B. K., Motzer, N., and Anderson, K. J. (2022). Pathways for assessing interdisciplinarity: A systematic review. Research Evaluation, 31(3): 326–343. https://doi.org/10.1093/reseval/rvac013
• Laursen, B. K., Anderson, K., and Motzer, N. (2022). Systematic review of the literature assessing interdisciplinarity from 2000 to 2019. Harvard Dataverse. V4, UNF:6:UKaEjVNGIKift5LU3ZH6HQ== [fileUNF]. http://doi.org/10.7910/DVN/6UCNKW 
• Laursen, B. K., Motzer, N., and Anderson, K. (2020, June). Results of a systematic review show how to improve measurement of interdisciplinarity. Presented at the 11th Annual Science of Team Science Conference, Virtual. https://youtu.be/q89CcZyHfr8

Laursen, B. K., Motzer, N., and Anderson, K. (2019, May). A new methodology for evaluating integration in interdisciplinary research products. Presented at the 10th Annual Science of Team Science Conference, Lansing, MI.

Our research community's comprehensive book about the Toolbox Dialogue Initiative.

• Gonnerman, C., Hubbs, G., Laursen, B. K., & Malavisi, A. (2020). The power of philosophy. In M. O’Rourke, G. Hubbs, & S. H. Orzack (Eds.), The Toolbox Dialogue Initiative: The power of cross-disciplinary practice (pp. 82–93). https://doi.org/10.1201/9780429440014-6
• O’Rourke, M., Hall, T. E., & Laursen, B. K. (2020). The power of dialogue (G. Hubbs, M. O’Rourke, & S. H. Orzack, Eds.). CRC Press. https://doi.org/10.1201/9780429440014-7
• Eigenbrode, S. D., Vasko, S. E., Rinkus, M. A., Laursen, B. K., & O’Rourke, M. (2020). Future directions for the Toolbox Dialogue Initiative. In G. Hubbs, M. O’Rourke, & S. H. Orzack (Eds.), The Toolbox Dialogue Initiative. CRC Press. https://doi.org/10.4324/9780429440014-11

Hubbs, G., Laursen, B. K., Rinkus, M. A., Robinson, B., & Vasko, S. E. (2018, May). The Toolbox Dialogue Initiative: Evidence of effectiveness and new directions. Presented at the 8th annual Science of Team Science Conference, Galveston, TX.

Pappalardo, G., B. K. Laursen, and B. Pecorino. (2014, June). Assessing adaptive co-management capacity for improving the LEADER Initiative: Findings from two Sicilian Local Action Groups, International Symposium on Society and Resource Management, Hanover, Germany.

This was my thesis work for my joint M.S. in Environment & Resources and Forestry at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.

• Laursen, B. K. (2013, July 17). Sustaining multifunctional landscapes through expertise networks: A case study from Southwest Wisconsin, USA. (M. G. Rickenbach, Ed.). University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI. Retrieved from http://digital.library.wisc.edu/1793/71938
• Laursen, B. K. (2013, September). Sustaining complexity by evaluating expertise networks: A case study from a Driftless Area landscape. Environmental Evaluators Network Pacific Forum, Corbett, OR.
• Laursen, B. K. (2013, July). Sustaining multifunctional landscapes through expertise networks: A case study from the Driftless Area. Department of Forest and Wildlife Ecology, University of Wisconsin-Madison. 

Walters, R., Kenzie, E., Metzger, A., Baltutis, W. J., Chakrabarti, K., Hirsch, S., and Laursen, B. K. (2019). A systems thinking approach for eliciting mental models from visual boundary objects in hydropolitical contexts: A case study from the Pilcomayo River Basin. Ecology & Society 24(2), https://doi.org/10.5751/ES-10586-240209

This was my thesis work for my joint M.S. in Environment & Resources and Forestry at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.

• Laursen, B. K. (2013, July 17). Sustaining multifunctional landscapes through expertise networks: A case study from Southwest Wisconsin, USA. (M. G. Rickenbach, Ed.). University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI. Retrieved from http://digital.library.wisc.edu/1793/71938
• Laursen, B. K. (2013, September). Sustaining complexity by evaluating expertise networks: A case study from a Driftless Area landscape. Environmental Evaluators Network Pacific Forum, Corbett, OR.
• Laursen, B. K. (2013, July). Sustaining multifunctional landscapes through expertise networks: A case study from the Driftless Area. Department of Forest and Wildlife Ecology, University of Wisconsin-Madison. 

Laursen, B. (2024). Commentary 9.2: Institutional and student responsibility when professionals return to interdisciplinary graduate study. In B. Vienni-Baptista, M. van Goch, R. van Lambalgen, & K. E. Lindvig (Eds.), Interdisciplinary Practices in Higher Education: Approaches to Teaching, Researching and Collaborating (pp. 176–180). Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003286004

An Assessment of CSUS 301: Community Engagement for Sustainability

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• Laursen, B. K., Siegford, J., Thorp, L., Thompson, P. B., and Rozeboom, D. (2016, July). College student perceptions of animal welfare are sensitive to experiential farm tours and classroom pedagogy. International Society for Applied Ethology, Edinburgh, Scotland.
• Laursen, B. K., Siegford, J., Thorp, L., Thompson, P. B., and Rozeboom, D. (2016, May). College student perceptions of animal welfare are sensitive to experiential farm tours and classroom pedagogy. 4th Food Justice Workshop, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI.

Laursen, B. K. (2020). Liberal education and effective action: A commentary. Journal of General Education 68(3-4), 307-310.

• Long, C. P. and Laursen, B. K. (2020). The liberal arts endeavor: Valuing peer review. Journal of General Education 68(3-4), vii-xi.
• Long, C. P. and Laursen, B. K. (2020). The liberal arts endeavor: Celebrating a quarter center of University Studies at Portland State. Journal of General Education 67(1-2), v-viii.
• Long, C. P. and Laursen, B. K. (2020). The liberal arts endeavor: Enacting values in general education reform. Journal of General Education 66(3-4), v-vii.

Laursen, B. K. (2014). The sina qua non is Christ: A synthesized model of excellent education. Journal for the Society of Classical Learning, VII, 26–28.

Laursen, B. K. (2014, March 1). Standing in Line, Standing in a Legacy: an Environmental History of the Babcock Hall Dairy Store. The Wisconsin Magazine of History, 97(3), 3–15.

Laursen, B. K. (2012, November). Summer fieldwork. Segment in the radio show, Science as storytelling, scientists as storytellers. Produced by Kaitlin Rienzo-Stack. The Perpetual Notion Machine. WORT FM 89.9. Madison, WI. November 28. http://tinyurl.com/SciStory

• Laursen, B. K. (2015, November). More than just a needs assessment: Putting the analysis back in swot analysis to find the best fit between your program and the situation. American Evaluation Association National Conference, Chicago, IL.
• Laursen, B. K. (2014, July 3). How to evaluate the situation, not just the program: It’s complex! AEA365.org, July 3. http://aea365.org/blog/bethany-laursen-on-how-to-evaluate-the- situation-not-just-the-program-its-complex/

• Laursen, B. K. (2015, May). Social network analysis: Use as a systems tool when evaluating collaboration capacity. University of Colorado-Denver School of Public Affairs. May 13.
• Laursen, B. K. (2018, February 14). What else can you do with SNA besides SNA? AEA365.org, February 14. http://aea365.org/blog/sna-tig-week-what-else-can-you-do-with-sna- besides-sna-by-bethany-laursen/
• Laursen, B. K. (2015, July 21). Defining the standard for ‘good’ when using social network analysis as an evaluation tool. AEA365.org, July 21. http://aea365.org/blog/sna-tig-week-bethany- laursen-on-defining-the-standard-for-good-when-using-social-network-analysis-as-an- evaluation-tool/
• Laursen, B. K. (2013, September). Easy SNA (for evaluating modular adhocracies). Environmental Evaluators Network Pacific Forum, Corbett, OR.
• Laursen, B. K. (2013, April). Social network analysis: A tutorial for Ph.D. students. School of Human Ecology, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI.
• Laursen, B. K. (2012, April). Social network analysis: How conservation connects with Kevin Bacon. People for Conservation and Society, University of Wisconsin-Madison. April 11.

Green, M. B., Laursen, B. K., Campbell, J. L., McGuire, K. J., & Kelsey, E. P. (2015). Stable water isotopes suggest sub‐canopy water recycling in a northern forested catchment. Hydrological Processes, 29(25), 5193–5202. http://doi.org/10.1002/hyp.10706

Laursen, B. K. (2012, March 15). Stewardship meets complexity theory. (D. Bouma, Ed.) The Au Sable Institute for Environmental Studies. March 15.

Laursen, B. K. (2010, Winter). Water quality monitoring is addictive; beware! Merrymeeting News. Friends of Merrymeeting Bay.